Photograph of four men and a dog named Hector standing on a frozen lake, looking at a dead frozen deer. Some of them seem to be wearing skates. According to a catalogue record from 1977, the original print had written explanation stating: "Bruce and Bill [Patterson] with some friends found a wild…
Photograph of four men and a dog named Hector standing on a frozen lake, looking at a dead frozen deer. Some of them seem to be wearing skates. According to a catalogue record from 1977, the original print had written explanation stating: "Bruce and Bill [Patterson] with some friends found a wild deer frozen in the ice on Burnaby Lake about three miles from house. Not often do we get a winter like this." An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Burnaby Lake / B. Paterson standing beside dog. / No date."
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 9.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Broadview, the home of Claude Hill and his family in the Burnaby Lake area. A girl, probably Claude's daughter Kitty Hill, can be seen standing next to a post on the veranda of the house.
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 9.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
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477-563
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No restrictions
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No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
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Photograph of Broadview, the home of Claude Hill and his family in the Burnaby Lake area. A girl, probably Claude's daughter Kitty Hill, can be seen standing next to a post on the veranda of the house.
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
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Photograph of Broadview, the home of Claude Hill and his family in the Burnaby Lake area. A girl, probably Claude's daughter Kitty Hill can be seen sitting on the railing of the house, to the far right.
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
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Record No.
477-564
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
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Photograph of Broadview, the home of Claude Hill and his family in the Burnaby Lake area. A girl, probably Claude's daughter Kitty Hill can be seen sitting on the railing of the house, to the far right.
1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Brookfield, the home of Claude and Annie Hill in the Burnaby Lake area, covered with snow. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.
1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
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477-149
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No restrictions
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Accession Number
2007-12
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Photograph of Brookfield, the home of Claude and Annie Hill in the Burnaby Lake area, covered with snow. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.
Photograph of the Dallamore family home on Silver Avenue near the B.C. Electric interurban tracks. Grace Dallamore's grandparents, the Harmers, and her parents, the Dallamores, owned this entire block of land. This house was built ca. 1896 by F.L. Harmer, a carpenter who settled in Burnaby in 189…
Photograph of the Dallamore family home on Silver Avenue near the B.C. Electric interurban tracks. Grace Dallamore's grandparents, the Harmers, and her parents, the Dallamores, owned this entire block of land. This house was built ca. 1896 by F.L. Harmer, a carpenter who settled in Burnaby in 1894.
Photograph of the Love family home, 1390 Cumberland Road (later renumbered 7651 Cumberland Street), East Burnaby. The house was built by Jesse Love. In 1988, this house was moved to the site of the Burnaby Village Museum at Deer Lake Avenue, where it remains today.
Photograph of the Love family home, 1390 Cumberland Road (later renumbered 7651 Cumberland Street), East Burnaby. The house was built by Jesse Love. In 1988, this house was moved to the site of the Burnaby Village Museum at Deer Lake Avenue, where it remains today.
Photograph of the Jessie and Martha Love farmhouse surrounded by deep snow and snow covered trees. The second floor window and rooftop of house are visible above the deep snow.
Photograph of the Jessie and Martha Love farmhouse surrounded by deep snow and snow covered trees. The second floor window and rooftop of house are visible above the deep snow.
Photograph of a snow scene taken from the porch of the Patterson house on Edmonds Street. Noted in the catalogue record is how the snow covered house in the distance was the only neighbour of the Pattersons at that time. The house was originally located at 7260 Edmonds Street (near Kingsway). It w…
Photograph of a snow scene taken from the porch of the Patterson house on Edmonds Street. Noted in the catalogue record is how the snow covered house in the distance was the only neighbour of the Pattersons at that time. The house was originally located at 7260 Edmonds Street (near Kingsway). It was relocated in 1955 to 7106 18th Avenue and is a city heritage site.
Photograph of the Sprott farm property in the middle of winter, with trees, fields, buildings, and fences covered in snow. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "On Mayfield farm in the middle of winter / looking towards Burnaby Lake."
Photograph of the Sprott farm property in the middle of winter, with trees, fields, buildings, and fences covered in snow. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "On Mayfield farm in the middle of winter / looking towards Burnaby Lake."
Photographic postcard of the line of buildings burning at the North Pacific Lumber Company, with flames and smoke visible rising from the structures. A caption stamped at the top of the postcard reads: "Mills burning at Barnet BC. 1:30a.m. May 6th, 1909."
Photographic postcard of the line of buildings burning at the North Pacific Lumber Company, with flames and smoke visible rising from the structures. A caption stamped at the top of the postcard reads: "Mills burning at Barnet BC. 1:30a.m. May 6th, 1909."
This portion of the recording pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's description of her family's stories of the New Westminster fire. She also mentions B.R. Hill and his three sons, Claude, Frank and Minard Hill.
This portion of the recording pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's description of her family's stories of the New Westminster fire. She also mentions B.R. Hill and his three sons, Claude, Frank and Minard Hill.
Date Range
1898-1917
Photo Info
Arthur Morrow, Kingsley Hart, Florence Hart (later Godwin), and Katherine Maude "Kitty" Hill (later Peers) in the woods at the south side of Deer Lake photographed by W.T. Cooksley [1908]. Item no. HV976.139.3
Recording is of a speech given by Florence Hart Godwin at a Burnaby Arts Council meeting held May 28, 1973. Major themes discussed are: pioneer families and early residences in the Burnaby Lake District.
Biographical Notes
Florence Hart was born in 1898 in New Westminster. Florence first saw Burnaby in April of 1905 on a trip made by horse and buggy from the family home in New Westminster where her father worked as a real estate agent. By 1911, he had built a permanent home for his family in Burnaby, building what is now known as the Hart house and is currently owned by the municipality. Frederick John “Fred” Hart married Alice Chapman in Yale BC on August 13, 1895. They had four children together; Kingsley Chapman born May 27, 1897, Florence Elizabeth born October 23, 1898, and ten years later, Edwyna and Jack.
They followed their family nurse, Miss Maude Woodward to Burnaby and purchased thirteen acres of land at Deer Lake to build a summer cottage. Mrs Hill and the children spent the summer months there while Frederick continued working in New Westminster, joining his family on the weekends.
Florence Hart attended Douglas Road School before boarding at Crofton House in Vancouver.
Kingsley Hart had enlisted in the army on March 23, 1915 when he was only seventeen years old. He was killed in action on September 26, 1916.
The Hart family then moved to Kerrisdale, Vancouver. Florence worked at the Carnegie Library. On August 7, 1922 Florence Hart married Harold “Hal” Godwin and moved back to Edmonds in Burnaby where they remained for their entire married lives.
In 1929, Florence and Harold’s daughter, Elizabeth Godwin was born.
Alice (Chapman) Hart died May 24, 1935 at the age of sixty-eight. Frederick John Hart died August 29, 1945 at the age of seventy-seven.
Florence Hart Godwin was named Good Citizen of Burnaby in 1971 and received a life membership to the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) for her long tenure. Both Florence and her husband Harold were awarded life memberships from the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) for more than half a century of service.
Harold Ward Godwin died December 12, 1962 at the age of sixty-six.
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Audio Tracks
Track five of speech given by Florence Hart Godwin
Track five of speech given by Florence Hart Godwin